http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png http://jezebel.com/tag/poetlaureate http://jezebel.com/tag/poetlaureate Carol Ann Duffy has been named Britain's poet laureate. Duffy, the first woman to hold the post in its 341-year history, is known for a wide and varied body of modern poetry. [NYT]

]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5235806&view=rss&microfeed=true Elizabeth Bishop. Laurence Ferlinghetti. Sarah Palin? Yup, there's a movement afoot to make the hottest gov from the coldest state...poet laureate. Argues Julian Gough, "A great poet needs to leave open the door between the conscious and unconscious; Sarah Palin has removed her door from its hinges. A great poet does not self-censor; Sarah Palin seems authentically innocent of what she is saying. She could be the most natural, visionary poet since William Blake." Here's a Palin haiku, courtesy of Slate: These corporations / Today it was AIG/ Important call, there. Click for the full, ahem, oeuvre. [New Yorker via Prospect, Slate]

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